hello i have carrie bradshaw & lady strathadean in my garden the only trouble is this year the flowers are really drooping and i have had to cane them whcih doesnt look so nice ...i also find aphids like them to !

Angels trumpets (Brugmansia) can anyone say why I cannot get this plant to flower, I feed it well but do not know whether it prefers sun or shade it is kept outside all year but I protect it well in the winter plenty of healthy growth but no flowers.

Hi, I have a fig tree in a pot which grows quite happily but the figs are lacking. I started off with about 15 small ones this year and now have only 3. It has 5 very long woodie stems about 4 feet high leaves like hands at the ends and nothing inbetween. I don't know what variety it is but could anyone tell me a) why I am loosing the baby figs and b) should I prune it to encorage new growth from the bottom and when do I do this. Thank you.

Hi! I have planted an Acer in a round bed in my front garden. It is north facing but the bed gets some sun for part of the day. I'm not sure what to plant with the Acer and am thinking of putting some grasses in the bed as well. Has anyone any ideas about what might look good? Many thanks

The leaves of a very mature wisteria seem to have gone limp and lifeless as if hit by frost. It flowered extremely well but there are no pods being produced and none of the usual exuberant growth of 'flyers'. Is this plant dying ?

Could some wonderful expert tell me why my 20 year Laburnum Tree decided to die, for no apparent reason. New growth commenced early spring, but only a few new leaves, flowers started to show, then the whole lot died. Its now a prominent dead large structure. I can find no trace of canker or bugs. Are these trees susceptible to something?

I have never blogged before and this may not be the corrrect place - but - we have just cut a ROSE with 2 bloooms on th stem. One bloom is white and the other is lemon. I have never experienced this phenomenom before, so is anyone able to enlighten me why, 7 how this happens? many thanks. sue.thorne@middlewoodhall.net

We bought 10 Mrs Bradshaw geums this year and planted them in the front in a sunny location. According to the tag, they like sunny spots and thrive/are hardy in our zone (along with others) -- north of Atlanta, GA. They were wilting a bit the first week, but we watered them every day trying to help them along in the hot weather, but then one completely died. Then another died, and now all but one have died. Too much sun? Do they really not like sun and hot weather?

Ginny: They are indeed happy in sunshine (although your idea of sunshine in Georgia is very different to ours here in the UK!)
It sounds as if it is more the fault of the original plant of perhaps some soil borne pest or disease.

Bruce: Very difficult to tell without seeing the plant. It could be just a bit knackered after flowering.
Lorrie: Thank you
Fran: Grasses for shade include: Deschampsia cespitosa, Luzula nivea, Milium effuseum,Hakenechloa macra, Carex morrowii, Imperata cylindrica.